A crunchy cornmeal cookie recipe from Martha Stewart studded with dried apricots and fresh lemon-thyme. Lovely to go with a cup of tea or serve them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream as a light dessert.

Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside. Whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.

Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed until just combined. Mix in dried apricots and lemon thyme.

One of my favorite cookie recipes has apricots in it. These look great, Angie. Love the idea of herbs in cookies and have never made any with cornmeal. I like the texture when you bite into anything with cornmeal.

I see that you also like Martha Stewart's recipes, Angie! Can't go wrong with Martha, or any of the fabulous recipes you've posted. I need these cookies...seriously! Hsve not had, or made any cookies, since weeks now, and I'm craving for your simple and delicious cornmeal-apricot cookies that would be so lovely with a cup of tea right now!

Lemon thyme is my favorite herb in the herb garden so I'm always looking for ways to use it. Just yesterday I ate a fresh apricot laced with a few leaves of lemon thyme. It was delicious! Therefore, I know I would love these cookies! Very unusual, but great flavors and texture!

Wow these sound really interesting and I love the apricots. Your presentation is truly stunning. Lemon thyme, how cool. Are you growing your own?? I have some growing but not the lemon thyme, wish I had some. Cheers!

Hi Angie, What a delightful and sophisticated cookie... totally creative! I got your e-mail about the trouble you are having with your blog... frustrating! I hope you get it sorted out soon.! I use Squarespace.com as my blog hosting company and they have fantastic technical support and are not that expensive with lots of creative flexibility. Just passing that on.

Another delicious creation, Angie - I'm featuring this in today's Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and I always love dropping by to see what you've created...

This is lovely Angie. I tried to comment on your newest post but couldn't.I did have problems with my blog some time ago where people could not post comments,so I changed the comments settings and then it was OK.XX

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